EncodedMessage.java
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package org.orekit.gnss.metric.parser;
/** Interface for getting bits forming encoded messages.
* <p>
* Classes implementing this interface must contain exactly one complete message.
* </p>
* @author Luc Maisonobe
* @since 11.0
*/
public interface EncodedMessage {
/** Start message extraction.
*/
default void start() {
// nothing by default
}
/** Extract the next n bits from the encoded message.
* @param n number of bits to extract (cannot exceed 32 bits)
* @return bits packed as the LSB of a 64 bits primitive long
*/
long extractBits(int n);
}